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Happy New Year’s Resolutions

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Happy New Year! Are you with me in feeling that the 5-day holiday was not enough? Bitin diba hehe :) I was thinking about what New Year's Resolutions I'd be making for myself. It always is that New Year's Resolutions are always things that sound like CHORES and that I know are good for me but I probably won't enjoy doing (or not doing) anyway. So, with that in mind, I thought of the following: … [Continue reading]

Creating Christmas Traditions

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Celebrating Christmas in our family begins on Dec. 24, with us going to church to hear Misa De Gallo.  Noche Buena soon follows and our table is usually filled with hot bibingka, puto bumbong, Christmas ham smothered in pineapple sauce, tsokolate and yummy slices of Queso De Bola.  Gift giving then comes next and echoes of thank yous and a smattering of hugs and kisses soon permeate our household.  This is what I grew up with but now that I have my own family, I wondered if we should start our … [Continue reading]

The Star of the Noche Buena Feast

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Hallo everyone! *Burrp*  hehe excuse me, that’s me still full from all the eating during the holidays. I went on the scale yesterday and I think I gained close to five pounds :P I quickly looked for our family’s stationary bike and found out that my mom hid it in my room’s veranda which is in full view of our neighbors!! So good luck na lang diba. I think I need to warn our neighbors  for the inevitable panting and swearing they'd be hearing from my veranda at night. DW was five days shy of his … [Continue reading]

A Song for the Season

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Amy Grant - Grown Up Christmas  List So here's my lifelong wish, My grown-up christmas list. Not for myself, But for a world in need. No more lives torn apart, That wars would never start,(and wars would never start) And time would heal all hearts. And everyone would have a friend, And right would always win, And love would never end. This is my grown-up christmas list. I wish for all of your Christmas wishes to come true! … [Continue reading]

SSS Branches with ID Capture Facilities

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(If you want to know how to get the digitized SSS ID go to my post here) OUR SSS ID's ARE HEEEEEREEE!! After almost 6 months, BDW and I finally got our SSS cards in the mail. According to a friend who works in SSS and who's also running the blog Pinoygov.com ("Your LIFESAVER when transacting with Philippine Government Agencies") the agency is really trying its best but the backlog for processing the IDs is really huge. The downtime for broken machines also account for the slow … [Continue reading]